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10. Where the District Registrar of Apprentices decides to refuse registration of a contract of apprenticeship or alteration thereof he shall notify the parties to the contract in the form No. 4, and shall specify the reason for his refusal. (Section 8 (3).)

11. Where the District Registrar of Apprentices decides to withhold registration of a contract of apprenticeship or alteration thereof he shall specify the reason therefor, and notify the parties to the contract and the Secretary of the Apprenticeship Committee or the Registrar of the Court of Arbitration (as the case may be) in the form No. 4, and shall attach a copy of the contract or alteration. (Section 8 (4).)

12. An appeal against the refusal of a District Registrar of Apprentices to register a contract of apprenticeship or alteration thereof shall be in the form No. 5, and shall be filed by delivering four copies thereof to the District Registrar of Apprentices within seven days of the notification of the decision to the appellant, and the District Registrar of Apprentices shall forthwith forward three copies thereof, together with the proposed contract or alteration, to the Court of Arbitration. (Section 8 (5).)

13. The permit to work pending the hearing of an appeal shall be in the form No. 6. (Section 8 (6).)

14. Notice of the termination of any contract of apprenticeship pursuant to the provisions of the Act shall be served on the District Registrar of Apprentices by the employer, the apprentice, the Apprenticeship Committee, or the Registrar of the Court of Arbitration (as the case may be) in the form No. 7, and if the termination is by agreement of the parties the consent of all parties shall be endorsed on the notice. The District Registrar of Apprentices shall forthwith endorse a note of the cancellation on the filed copy of the contract of apprenticeship, and shall notify the other parties concerned of such cancellation. (Section 8 (8).)

15. The application of an employer for the transfer of an apprentice shall be made in duplicate to the District Registrar of Apprentices in the form No. 8, and the decision of the District Registrar of Apprentices shall be endorsed thereon, and a copy forwarded to each party. (Section 13.)

16. An appeal against the decision of the District Registrar shall be in the form No. 9, and shall be filed within seven days of the notification of such refusal by delivering four copies thereof to the District Registrar of Apprentices, who shall forthwith notify the other parties concerned, and transmit three copies of the appeal to the Registrar of the Court of Arbitration, together with the contract of apprenticeship. (Section 13 (3).)

17. Notice of the transfer of an apprentice from one employer to another employer shall, where the District Registrar has not already been informed of such transfer pursuant to the Act, be served on the District Registrar of Apprentices by the employer, the Apprenticeship Committee, or the Court of Arbitration (as the case may be) in the form No. 10, and if the transfer is by agreement of the parties the consent of all parties and of the employer accepting the transfer shall be endorsed on the notice. The District Registrar of Apprentices shall forthwith endorse a note of the transfer on the filed copy of the contract of apprenticeship. (Section 8 (8).)

18. An appeal by an apprentice against his discharge shall be in the form No. 11. Within seven days of the notice of discharge one copy thereof shall be served on the employer and four copies shall be filed with the District Registrar of Apprentices, who shall forthwith forward three copies to the Registrar of the Court of Arbitration, together with the contract of apprenticeship. (Section 15.)

19. The statement of service to be supplied by an employer to an apprentice leaving his service shall be in the form No. 12 or to the like effect. (Section 16.)

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Section 4, Apprentices Act, 1923. [Form 1.

AGREEMENT FOR APPOINTMENT OF APPRENTICESHIP COMMITTEE, AND APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION THEREOF.

MEMORANDUM of agreement between the [Name of organization of employers] and the [Name of organization of workers], whereby it is agreed as follows:—

(1.) That an Apprenticeship Committee shall be formed for the industry [or group of industries] in [Specify the locality, stating the boundaries within which it is proposed that the Committee shall operate] pursuant to section 4 of the Apprentices Act, 1923.